Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — Private Vending & Affixing Machine Perforations (Attleboro Stamp Co.)
1c Green, Attleboro Stamp Co. Private Perforations (343). Vertical pair, bottom stamp Mint N.H., Very Fine, these fragile private productions were used by the Attleboro Co. on their newsletters in mid to late 1909, with 2004 P.F. certificate
2c Alaska-Yukon, Attleboro Stamp Co. Private Perforations, Coiled Sidewise (371). Mint N.H. pair, perforations intactVERY FINE AND CHOICE MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THIS RARE PRIVATE PERFORATION, PRODUCED BY THE ATTLEBORO STAMP CO.
In 1909 the Attleboro Stamp Company employed a stamp-affixing machine to apply postage to bulk mailings of its price lists and editions of the Attleboro Philatelist. Although the company served stamp collectors, the Attleboro coil appears to have been a purely utilitarian product, limited in its scope to the basic 1c and 2c stamps necessary for mailing and not intended to create new varieties for collectors. Examples of these coils are scarce to rare, especially in this choice condition. This Mint N.H. pair is a great rarity.
Ex Agris. With 1988 A.P.S. certificate for a strip of three, this is the left pair. Scott Retail as hinged